Georgia Chapter
American Academy of Pediatrics

Winner of Outstanding Chapter Award 1965, 1996, 2000, 2004 & 2009   

 Clinical Information Technology (CIT)

Task Force on Clinical Information Technology

Background:

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) established a Steering Committee on Clinical Information Technology in 2002, in a merger of the Task Force on Medical Informatics and the Section on Computers and Other Technology.  Its mission is to recognize and address issues in clinical information technology impacting pediatricians and to promote communication and education so that pediatricians realize and understand how computerized information systems can benefit their patient's health and improve the effectiveness of care. The Steering Committee has asked that there be a liaison between the national group and the State Chapters. This Task Force Committee will establish a two-way connection between Council on Clinical Information Technology (COCIT) and the Georgia Chapter.

Georgia Task Force Committee Charge:

(1) To assist pediatricians in Georgia to move toward Electronic Health

Records (EHR) and other electronic/technologic advances.

(2) To adopt and follow the focus and mission of AAP.

(3) To provide resources to Georgia pediatricians and their staff

regarding the choices, selection and use of clinical information technology..

Focus areas are:

Electronic Health Records (EHR)

Telemedicine

E-prescribing

HIPAA/Security Rules

If you are interested in joining the Chapter’s Task Force on Clinical Information Technology, please contact Ed Gotlieb, MD, Chair at egotlie@emory.edu or Mike Chaney, staff at 404-881-5094 or mchaney@gaaap.org

Council on Clinical Information Technology (COCIT)

The Council on Clinical Information Technology needs resources, references and bibliography lists for toolkit on electric health records.  This will address the value of EHRs and help pediatricians with selection and implementation of EHRs.  Please send information to Kevin Johnson, MD, FAAP, COCIT Applications/Technology Chairperson at Kevin.Johnson@vanderbilt.edu.

Learn about COCIT  www.aapscot.org, http://www.aapcocit.org/emr

Join COCIT www.aap.org/moc, click “Join a Section”

AAP staff Beki Marshall at 800/433-9016, ext 4089 or bmarshall@aap.org

From SOAPM List Serve to AAP Section on Administration & Practice Management Members re:  The EMR: Which one is right for your practice?

The Council on Clinical Information Technology (COCIT) is pleased to introduce to you a service where you can research various Electronic Medical Record (EMR) products that are currently being used by pediatricians every day. As part of this service, you can explore where these products are being implemented, for what type of practice, as well as read the experiences of others who are using these EMR products.  As of this writing, there are over 30 reviews on 18 different products.

Users of existing EMR systems are invited to log on and post their own experiences, to be shared with others!

What kinds of features can you compare with this service?

q                     General EMR Overviews

q                     Growth Parameters, Percentiles, Curves

q                     Data Pertaining to Birth History

q                     Adolescent Privacy Features

q                     Immunization Data Handling, Analysis

q                     Prescription Generation, Transmission

q                     Installation, Training, Support Issues

q                     Lookup Features, Identifying data

q                     Ease/Methods of Data Entry, Including Pediatric terminology

q                     Awareness/Comparison to Age-Based Values

q                     Standard and Flexible Format Reporting

q                     Tracking Disclosures, Parental Appendices

q                     Linkages between Family Members

q                     Online Patient/Parent Access and Interactions

q                     Documentation/Assessment of Developmental Milestones

q                     Practice Management Integration

q                     Costs, Subjective Value, Return on Investment

This gives you the opportunity to read comments relating to overall EMR performance.

The site’s Buddy List feature provides contact information on pediatricians who are willing to answer questions about their implementation.

COCIT encourages you to log on to their site and read about others experiences and/or post your own!  Go to http://www.aapcocit.org/emr

To join the SOAPM list serve, go to www.aap.org.

Electronic Health Records (EHR)

The Chapter does not endorse any products, but has put together a listing of companies that have worked with pediatricians to implement an EHR in their office. Click here to see that listing.